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Samuel Thomas Greenway

In memory of:

Lance Corporal Samuel Thomas Greenway

August 22, 1917
No 1 Casualty Clearing Station

Military Service


Service Number:

1054159

Age:

22

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

14th Bn.

Additional Information


Born:

October 26, 1894
Black River, New York

Enlistment:

July 31, 1916
Grandmere, Quebec

Son of James Henry and Alice Maud Greenway, of Ottawa, Ontario. Brother of Private James Tipson Greenway, 5th Canadian Mounted Rifles, killed in action 30 October 1917.

Commemorated on Page 247 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

I. M. 2.

Location:

The village of Choques is 4 kilometres north-west of Bethune on the road to Lillers. When you reach the traffic lights on this road at Choques, follow the signs for the centre of town and go through the main street, then turn left towards Gonnheim, then take the first turning on the right and the CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY lies approximately 400 metres down the road on the left.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Inscription– Inscription to the memory of Lance Corporal SAMUEL THOMAS GREENWAY and Private JAMES TIPSON GREENWAY on the family grave marker in Pinecrest Cemetery, Ottawa, Ontario.  Samuel is buried at CHOCQUES MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France.   The burial place of James is unknown and he is commemorated at the MENIN GATE (YPRES) MEMORIAL Belgium

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